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Chapter 1 The hapless Sporting Lisbon

The weather in Lisbon is always so mild. This is the benefit of being close to the ocean. The clean and warm sea breeze can blow your body. You will never be afraid that the air in Lisbon is full of too much heat, although the afternoon sun will still be a little burning sensation.

The rhythm of life in this seaside city always seems a bit lazy, it cannot have the busyness of New York or other big cities, and the lush green in the city provides people with too much pure air and shade.It always makes people want to set up a recliner under the shade of a tree in a cool place on such a sunny afternoon, then stretch their body vigorously, and then fall asleep deeply.

It can be said that this natural and comfortable leisure environment in Lisbon exists to enjoy life, and it is definitely a standard place to raise lazy people.As long as you don't have too much desire, this will be a place where you can live comfortably.Of course, the premise is that you must be able to get their social welfare, otherwise, you still have to work to earn living expenses.However, not everyone is used to a life of only a few hundred euros a month, and people still have desires in many cases.

Jorge Mendes is very clear that he still has a strong desire for this world. He is the kind of person who understands what he should do in this world.So he will never waste every minute enjoying the laziness in the afternoon. He knows that since the day he gave up a stable job, he has no right to be lazy.

He has to run for every business he has, he has to live.Being busy is a different kind of enjoyment for a person like him.

However, Jorge Mendes is very satisfied with the feeling of driving in the afternoon sun. The sea breeze always makes people feel very refreshing on the face, and the business that is likely to be successfully concluded makes him feel happy. Feel very relaxed.

Puma's training academy in Alcochete, just outside Lisbon, that's where Jorge Mendes was headed.As a football agent who has worked hard in the industry for three or four years, he is still just a novice in this industry.

Not many people know his name in Portugal or even Lisbon, but he is very confident that his name will be resounded in the football circle of this country. The business of brokers will use him as a benchmark, and he will definitely become the most powerful voice in this country football agent.

But at this stage, he can only rely on helping some second-rate players transfer to get paid, and there is still a gap between reality and ideal.As a football agent, everyone wants to fill his staff with big names, but in fact, the big names already have owners.

The great stars of Portugal's golden generation have already been carved up by the big players in the football circle. Those latecomers who want to stand out from this circle can only rely on luck or their own eyes to discover the next Luis Figo .

And Jorge Mendes has now aimed at a little guy, he believes that it is his own Luis Figo, maybe a few years later, he can also have the opportunity to stand in front of the executive chairman of those great clubs, to Tout their football superstars.

When those brokerage predators are all targeting those famous stars, Jorge Mendes now just wants to find the next piece of gold from the pile of young people. He who has played football before knows that, There are very few geniuses like Maradona.

But Portugal has never lacked little guys with outstanding skills. Those little guys who are eager to become famous will be the future of the football world.

Superstar?In the history of football, there are too many superstars who have been forgotten. When your years are gone, what can be left in the football world?There may be only a shadow, and only the latecomers are the eternal driving force to rule the football world. What Jorge Mendes has to do now is to dig into the future, where there are too many opportunities waiting for him.

But the most important problem now is that Jorge Mendes must seek permission from the stubborn old man at the Puma Training Academy, because he picked the little guy out of the crowd after a lot of selection, but he is very happy now. Obviously it's going to be under the old man's management.

The youth godfather of the Sporting Lisbon team who brought out Futre and Figo is not so easy to deal with. Jorge Mendes must find a good way to deal with this stubborn old man, otherwise, he Never try to sign that little guy.

The only good news is that the personal relationship between the old man and Jorge Mendes is not bad, so Jorge can have the opportunity to get in touch with the group of little guys that the old man is training now.He will aim at the kid who can become his future bargaining chip earlier than others, hoping that his efforts in the previous stage will not be in vain, and that the little guy's family can accept the signing conditions he offered.

This is a gamble for the future, Jorge Mendes hopes he can win, and he also hopes that the little guy can be a winner.

Jorge Mendes isn't the only one fighting for his future in the afternoon sun, there's never a moment of comfort at Puma's training academy in Alcochete, outside Lisbon.

It always looks so busy here, and it gathers a group of the best little guys in Portuguese football. They must train hard here in order to win the opportunity to play in a professional team, otherwise what awaits them is the fate of being eliminated from the team.

Too many great stars representing the highest honor of Portuguese football have been cultivated here. Perhaps these little guys are imagining that they can become the symbol of honor of this country one day.They also hope to follow in the footsteps of those great stars and create their own brilliance.

However, they must first ensure that they can successfully enter the professional team, otherwise, all fantasies will be empty talk.

So now they have to train here with the vicious sun on their heads. Even if they want to stop and take a breath, it is now a luxury. They can only run around the field non-stop. Boring physical fitness is always the most Hated, but unavoidable.

No team is willing to arrange boring physical training in the hottest time of the day, but Sporting Lisbon did not follow this rule. These little guys have been running here for a long time, but they can only persist in sweat. Because this is their punishment.

Yes, these dozens of little guys running on the track are accepting punishment, and the one standing beside them and shouting at the stopwatch is their coach Aurelio Pereira, who has already The old man who has worked in the youth training camp of the Sporting Lisbon team for more than [-] years is also the godfather of the youth army here. He is using this method equivalent to corporal punishment to teach the group of little guys in front of him because he feels very uncomfortable now.

There are few things that make this devout Catholic in his 60s uncomfortable, and he is rarely angry, but now Aurelio Pereira looks at these sweaty little guys running , and then looked at the scoreboard next to the field that recorded yesterday's game. He didn't want to put down the stopwatch he was holding in his hand, because the eye-catching score on the damn scoreboard not far away had already made him feel the blood in his veins. Will be burst open at any time.

"Chris! Don't be lazy anymore! You are about to fall on the tail of the whole team! If you don't want to run ten laps, hurry up and rush to the front of the team, otherwise, you will give me here today Run until dark! Don't suspect that I'm scaring you! Do you hear that!!!"

Aurelio Pereira yelled loudly at a guy in the team, that was the captain of the Sporting Lisbon youth team and the most talented little guy among the players he was teaching now.

But this is the work he is most satisfied with now. Yesterday, he led the youth team of Sporting Lisbon. In a friendly match with other teams, they even drew 5:5 with their opponents. That’s right, that kid scored alone. Five goals were scored, but they failed to win the game.

The defense of the entire Lisbon youth team was like a mass of loose sand during the game. They were also scored five goals by others. You know, these little bastards represent the future of the Sporting Lisbon team!They almost lost the game on their own turf!
Aurelio Pereira can only use such a simple and rough way to punish these little guys, because they played like a piece of shit in this game!
Their opponent is not the equally powerful Benfica youth team, nor is it an adult team from the Portuguese Super League. The weak team at the bottom of the Portuguese Super League.

But it was such a team that poked the Sporting Lisbon youth team five times in front of Aurelio Pereira. Aurelio Pereira no longer knew that the team he taught had How many years have not been scored five goals by the opponent.

Even in the competition with the adult team, his youth team has never been so embarrassed, but yesterday, on this field he is most familiar with, the old man witnessed everything that happened in the game with his own eyes.

After leading 3-1 in the first half, they were scored four consecutive goals in the second half by the little-known Setubal youth team, and Aurelio Pereira scored every goal. I was speechless.

He was even embarrassed to shake hands with the opponent's coach after the game. The four goals in the second half were like a big mouth, all of which were drawn in the face of the godfather of the Lisbon youth army, Aurelio Pereira It was the first time that I felt ashamed. The group of heaven's favored children he had taught were just kicked on the grass by a group of country bumpkins.

Even though more than ten hours have passed since the end of the game, Aurelio Pereira still cannot forget everything that happened during the game, especially the black-haired kid in the opponent lineup, who was the one with 30 minutes left in the second half. The little guy who was replaced after many minutes.

It was the dark-haired kid who came on and directed all the goals, he didn't score the goal, but the little guy who looked very thin made four knife-like throughs and completely penetrated the Sporting Lisbon defense .

Even at this moment, Aurelio Pereira could still feel the moment when the kid passed the ball. He watched the black and white ghost elf cross the back line of the Sporting Lisbon youth team with his own eyes. , and now he still remembers it, what does that pass look like?It's like a thin sharp knife that can pick apart the bones of a cow, exuding a terrifying sharpness.

When Aurelio Pereira saw the black-haired boy launch the first deadly pass, the old man seemed to see a guy who once made the supporters of Sporting Lisbon heartbroken. on the grass of the pitch.

The guy who dominated the midfield at rivals Benfica a few years ago seems to be back again. Like him, the dark-haired kid ripped through the Sporting Lisbon backline with a ghostly pass, deadly, accurate and just right.

It's just that the little guy with black hair looks younger and more aggressive. After he played, he let everyone's light be covered by himself, including Chris's.The defenders of the Sporting Lisbon team have already regarded him as a devil. Aurelio Pereira doesn't know if this is God making trouble for the Sporting Lisbon team again. He hopes not, but who knows?
Although this is only a youth team game, winning or losing does not actually involve the interests of any team, and it is impossible for Sporting Lisbon to blame their meritorious coach because of such a draw.

In everyone's eyes, this is just a simple friendly match, but the result is not satisfactory, especially the old man Aurelio Pereira, he can't forgive these little guys for committing crimes on the field. mistakes, including his own.

They all underestimated the visiting opponents, this is football, it will punish those who are arrogant very directly, Aurelio Pereira has tasted this bitter fruit, the feeling in his whole mouth is bitter so far, but What made him feel even more depressed might be yet to come.

Because he saw Carlos, the general manager of Sporting Lisbon, walking towards him with a frown. As long as that guy appears here, nothing good will happen. Aurelio Pereira looked at the guy's face It was clear from his face that he didn't bring any surprises. God knows what bad news he brought this time.

It was a hot afternoon for Sporting and everyone was suffering. . .

All this is because of a black-haired kid. . .It was an unlucky day, and Sporting Lisbon's youth team was the victim.

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